tic satellite system with 12 earth stations
international: country code - 241; satellite earth stations - 3
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); fiber optic submarine cable (SAT-3/WASC)
provides connectivity to Europe and Asia

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 6, FM 7 (and 11 repeaters), shortwave 4 (2001)

Radios:
208,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
4 (plus four low-power repeaters) (2001)

Televisions:
63,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.ga

Internet hosts:
93 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2001)

Internet users:
35,000 (2003)

Transportation Gabon

Railways:
total: 814 km
standard gauge: 814 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

Highways:
total: 8,464 km
paved: 838 km
unpaved: 7,626 km (2000 est.)

Waterways:
1,600 km (310 km on Ogooue River) (2003)

Pipelines:
gas 210 km; oil 1,385 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Cap Lopez, Kango, Lambarene, Libreville, Mayumba, Owendo,
Port-Gentil

Airports:
56 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 11
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 45
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 23 (2004 est.)

Military Gabon

Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service (2001)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 314,434 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 162,847 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 13,462 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$149.3 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2% (2003)

Transnational Issues Gabon

Disputes - international:
creation of a maritime boundary in hydrocarbon-rich Corisco Bay
with Equatorial Guinea is hampered by dispute over Mbane Island,
administered and occupied by Gabon since the 1970s

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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@Gambia, The

Introduction Gambia, The

Background:
The Gambia gained its independence from the UK in 1965; it formed a
short-lived federation of Senegambia with Senegal between 1982 and
1989. In 19